Jan092018

Lloyd Ringrose, Sioux Falls, Argus Leader

I’d like to take this opportunity to address the new tax reform law. This legislation does a very important thing. It allows people to keep more of their own money.

Certain politicians in Washington, who have never worked in the private sector claim this is a tax cut for the rich, because it lowers the corporate tax rate to 21 percent. This claim is so patently false, even the Washington Post – hardly a bastion of right wing propaganda – has admitted this claim is false. First of all, corporations don’t pay taxes. They pass them on to the consumers.

This tax reform bill will help me and I am nowhere near rich, as it will help young families with children even more dramatically.

Keep something in mind, it is “our money,” not the government’s money and we are better off managing it than they are.

As for me, I want to thank Rep. Kristi Noem, Sen. John Thune and of course, President Donald Trump, for getting this bill through. Please, don’t believe what people on the far political left say about this tax reform bill. I am convinced at this point, their hatred of the president has clouded their judgment on this matter.